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Stop-and-search ‘SAVES black Lives’, says Scotland Yard chief Cressida Dick who suggests George Floyd death has fuelled antagonism against UK police Stop and search tactics target black people three times more than white people It has led to accusations of police racism but Cressida Dick defended the tactic She said young black men are nine … Read more
Five Met Police officers are being investigated by the force’s watchdog over the ‘racially profiled,’ stop and search of Team GB athlete Bianca Williams. Sprinter Bianca Williams, 26, and her husband Ricardo dos Santos, 25, were hauled from their Mercedes and handcuffed in front of their three-month-old son in Lanhill Road, Maida Vale, in July. … Read more
A black man has claimed he was racially profiled by Liverpool police who put him in handcuffs during a stop-and-search as he helped his cousin park his car. Video which was uploaded to social media shows Jared Yankiah, 24, being handcuffed and held against a wall by officers on July 1. Mr Yankiah said he had … Read more
A League Two footballer is considering taking legal action against police after he was pulled over by officers and handcuffed while driving his girlfriend to the shops. Ben Richards-Everton, who plays for Bradford City, was stopped by West Midlands Police while driving his new Range Rover through Sutton Coldfield last month. Richards-Everton’s girlfriend filmed the … Read more
David Lammy today called for the police watchdog to investigate the ‘shocking’ stop-and-search of black team GB sprinter Bianca Williams after she and her partner were pulled over in their Mercedes and handcuffed by the Met during a hunt for weapons. The shadow Justice Secretary said Ms Williams, 26, and Portuguese sprinter Ricardo dos Santos, … Read more